A catalog of landslide-triggered tsunamis

Description: A comprehensive global catalog of landslide-triggered tsunamis (LTT) was compiled by reviewing tsunami and earthquake databases, catalogs, and scientific literature. This dataset is designed to investigate the relationship between tsunami heights and the triggering landslides' characteristics, including 354 documented cases from 6200 BC to 2024. It provides detailed information on landslide characteristics, triggering and preparatory factors, type of waterbody, tsunami wave height, inundation distance, and associated effects.

Global identifier:

Doi(
    "10.1594/PANGAEA.979839",
)

Measurements {
    domain: Unspecified,
    station: None,
    measured_variables: [
        "Event label",
        "Sample code/label",
        "Identification number",
        "Identification number",
        "Identification number",
        "LATITUDE",
        "LONGITUDE",
        "Latitude 2",
        "Longitude 2",
        "Country",
        "Continent",
        "Landslide, date",
        "Water Body",
        "Landslide, cause",
        "Number, total",
        "Location",
        "Landslide, type",
        "Landslide, material",
        "Landslide, height",
        "Landslide, distance",
        "Landslide, width",
        "Landslide, volume",
        "Magnitude",
        "Wave height, maximum",
        "Run-up, height",
        "Peak height",
        "Flood, distance",
        "Fatalities",
        "Damage cost",
        "Reference/source",
        "Status",
    ],
    methods: [
        "From literature",
        "From literature",
        "From literature",
        "From literature",
        "From literature",
        "From literature",
        "From literature",
        "From literature",
        "From literature",
        "From literature",
        "From literature",
        "From literature",
        "From literature",
        "From literature",
        "From literature",
        "From literature",
        "From literature",
        "From literature",
        "From literature",
        "From literature",
    ],
}

Dataset

Origins: /Wissenschaft/PANGAEA

Tags: Überschwemmung ? Geografische Koordinaten ? Tsunami ? Gewässertyp ? Erdrutsch ? Erdbeben ? Schadenskosten ? Naturgefahr ? Datenbank ? Risikobewertung ?

Bounding boxes: -162.832° .. 178.87° x -45.46° .. 78.37°

License: cc-by/4.0

Language: Englisch/English

Organisations

• Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Geldgeber*in) [1]
• PANGAEA (Herausgeber*in)
• Technische Universität Berlin (Mitwirkende)

Persons

• Katrin Dohmen (Beitragende*r) [1] [ORCID]

Modified: 2025-06-20

Time ranges: 2025-06-20 - 2025-06-20

Resources

• https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.979839?format=textfile (TSV)

Status

Aktiv

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